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Al-Hamadhání, "The Maqama of Fresh Butter”
Ísá ibn Hishám related to us and said: “I turned aside with a few of my friends to the front of a tent to ask hospitality from its occupants, and there came out to us a portly little man and asked: 'Who are you?' We…
Tags: Al-Hamadani, Arabic literature, humor, stories
Jokes from Juha, the Everyman Character
Goha Gives Thanks to Allah Goha once lost his donkey. He couldn’t find it anywhere. As he went around the town searching for it, he kept on saying, “Thanks be to Allah! Thanks be to Allah!” People were surprised to find him giving…
Tags: Arabic, culture, Goha, humor, Juha, literature, Mulla Nasruddin, Nasruddin Hoja, Persian, stories, Turkish, wisdom